Career Explorer Sales
Changing shape
Real estate brokers
Operate real estate office, or work for commercial real estate firm, overseeing real estate transactions. Other duties usually include selling real estate or renting properties and arranging loans.
Among the careers AI is changing fastest: more resilient than 10% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is very high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it very high), and US jobs are projected to change by +0.8% by 2035, slower than average. The work leans on emotional intelligence and creative vision.
AI can do many of the tasks, and hiring is expected to grow slower than average or to shrink. The job is likely to change, so build the human parts of it.
- Median pay (2025)
- $73,220
- Job growth to 2035
- +0.8%
- Openings a year
- 7,800
- People doing it (2025)
- 104,000
- Usual route in
- High school diploma
Where people already use AI for this work
- Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise
- Gather information from physical or electronic sources
- Evaluate the quality or accuracy of data
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Sell products or services
- Evaluate condition of financial assets, property, or other resources
- Negotiate contracts or agreements
What the work looks like
- Obtain agreements from property owners to place properties for sale with real estate firms.
- Sell, for a fee, real estate owned by others.
- Compare a property with similar properties that have recently sold to determine its competitive market price.
- Act as an intermediary in negotiations between buyers and sellers over property prices and settlement details and during the closing of sales.
- Generate lists of properties for sale, their locations, descriptions, and available financing options, using computers.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
- Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travelChanging shape, Index 13, +2.7%
- Real estate sales agentsChanging shape, Index 16, +1.7%
- Sales and related workers, all otherChanging shape, Index 12, +1.1%
- Community health workersGrows with AI, Index 80, +12.7%
Also known as: Broker, Broker Associate, Managing Broker, Realtor, Commercial Leasing Broker, Commercial Real Estate Advisor, Commercial Real Estate Broker, Designated Broker.
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.